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US-9818319

Wearable device and control method thereof

PublishedNovember 14, 2017
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Technical Abstract

A wearable device apparatus, comprises: a first and second housings configured to be connected with each other; a plurality of light emitters configured to be separately located and configured to emit a light through the first housing; a light guide configured to guide a direction of the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; a plurality of force detection sensor configured to detect a force applied to a certain point of the first housing; and a control board configured to control the plurality of light emitters through detection of the plurality of force detection sensors.

Patent Claims
13 claims

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1. A wearable device apparatus, comprising: a first and second housings configured to be connected with each other; a plurality of light emitters configured to be separately located and configured to emit a light through the first housing; a light guide configured to guide the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; a plurality of force detection sensors configured to be located in the first and second housings to detect a force applied to a certain point of the first housing; and a control board including a control unit configured to control the plurality of light emitters through detection of the plurality of force detection sensors, wherein the first and second housings are separately located at edges to form a floating distance through a separation distance and the separation distance temporarily reduces through the force applied to the certain point of the first housing, the control unit analyzes a physical and time series combination in respect of detection of the plurality of force detection sensors, and the control unit maps analysis result in respect of the detection onto one of a light emitting pattern in respect of the plurality of light emitters and a control order in respect of a user's terminal.

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2. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control board locates 12 or 24 light emitters at one side and controls the plurality of light emitters according to a pattern detected through the plurality of force detection sensors.

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3. The wearable device apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of light emitters are disposed in one circle figuration when the number of the light emitters are 12 and the light emitters is disposed in double circles figuration (another circle in one circle) when the light emitters are 24.

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4. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light guide guides the light of the light emitters to be outputted in a plurality of separated arcs and to be outputted in a message such as a text, an animation or a user's emotion by outputting a certain pattern.

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5. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of force detection sensors are located between the first and the second housing not to be exposed outwards.

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6. The wearable device apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of force detection sensors are located in 4 directions and a center based on the center of the first housing on the control board.

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7. The wearable device apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the 4 directions are up, down, left and right directions.

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8. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit sets the wearable device with a certain mode according to the pattern detected through the plurality of force detection sensors.

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9. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs transmission and reception of data with user's terminal that is able to execute a certain application.

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10. The wearable device apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit outputs the mapped light emitting pattern through the plurality of light emitters.

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11. A wearable device apparatus, comprising: a first and second housings configured to be connected with each other; a plurality of light emitters configured to be separately located and configured to emit a light through the first housing; a light guide configured to guide the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; a plurality of force detection sensors configured to be located in the first and second housings to detect a force applied to a certain point of the first housing; and a control board including a control unit configured to control the plurality of light emitters through detection of the plurality of force detection sensors, wherein the first and second housings are separately located at edges to form a floating distance through a separation distance and the separation distance temporarily reduces through the force applied to the certain point of the first housing, the control unit performs transmission and reception of data with user's terminal that is able to execute a certain application, and wherein the control unit makes light pattern emitted through the plurality of light emitters identically output to the user's terminal.

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12. A wearable apparatus control method of the wearable apparatus including: a first and second housings configured to be connected with each other; a plurality of light emitters configured to be separately located and configured to emit a light through the first housing; a light guide configured to guide the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; a plurality of force detection sensors configured to be located in the first and second housings to detect a force applied to a certain point of the first housing; and a control board including a control unit configured to control the plurality of light emitters through detection of the plurality of force detection sensors, the wearable apparatus control method comprising: (a) an outputting default light emitting pattern by the control unit when the wearable apparatus operates; (b) a checking whether the control unit connects with a user's terminal through a wireless communication; and (c) a selecting one among light patterns associated with the wearable apparatus in accordance with a user's control by the control unit to output the selected light pattern when the control unit doesn't connect with the user's terminal.

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13. The wearable apparatus control method of claim 12 , wherein the (c) includes a checking whether the control unit receives a signal from certain force detection sensor; and a counting the signal received from the certain force detection sensor by the control unit to select the light emitting pattern corresponding to the number of counting.

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Filing Date

September 11, 2015

Publication Date

November 14, 2017

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